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Here is the dividend income report for September, 2025. impurities roots honorifics
The monthly dividend income came out to $3,997.16. The yearly income total for 2025 through the end of the month was $14,167.39. permitted gamma capitulation
The income for September, 2024 was $3,021.18, and the yearly income for 2024 through the end of September was $10,490.21. fluoroscopes bullfrog boomerang
The twelve-month moving average also broke $1,600. We will see how long it stays there. apportions printers fanciful
This might be a high-water mark for a while. I am in the process of selling WDIV in one account and buying in another. So I have more WDIV than I will probably have in a year. Betsy successively reeked
I am getting more into ETFs that incorporate covered calls. My self-directed brokerage account for my employer’s IRA does not seem to allow me to buy ETFs that use covered calls. I have been buying more IDVO. I just read that State Street will start a covered call ETF for each of the Select Sector SPDR ETFs. I might get the covered call versions of XLRE and XLU. impassivity partizan Principe
I have also started comparing the payouts for most of the ETFs I am invested in and some that I am looking at with the payout from the prior year, either twelve months or four quarters prior. I will add it to a table with the assets for each fund. So there will be another table. I will do it until I get tired of doing it. groupie Edmonton violas
Right now I still have a lot of money in cash. I am reluctant to start buying more since I think the policies of grifting idiot Trump will cause a recession, possibly a very bad one. On the other hand, I have read that it might not start until 2027 or 2028. On the third hand, timing the market is generally a bad idea. rack typographer dowagers
On the fourth hand, I tend to have ETFs that are not into the so-called Mag 7, or FAANG, or whatever they are called. The S&P 500 is heavily invested into these; I think Nvidia is about 8% of the value of the S&P 500. I am not saying I would not be effected, but I think I will come out of any crash in better shape than a lot of other people. nighthawk vegetarian dependability
Since all this genAI nonsense started, I have considered finding another line of work besides software developer. I was thinking about working for the federal government, manufacturing, or a job at a semiconductor fab plant (there are a few in the area). Grifting idiot Trump has thrown a wrench into all of that. overindulges bookworms Marci
I think genAI is garbage, but unfortunately that does not mean it will go away. Bad ideas can stick around for a long time. It is easier talking to people in the same time zone, yet offshoring is still a thing. The More Bad Advice crowd hates doing things intelligently. magisterial meeting deliver
Here is a list of the funds’ assets, shares, and payout versus a year ago: meteoric sanatoria tinglings
| Fund | Assets | Num Shares | Payout vs Year Ago | Info As Of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IDVO | $449,074,325 | 12,025,000 | 19.5% higher | 2025-10-02 |
| RWR | $1,861,690,000 | 20,756,617 | 17.8% higher | 2025-10-01 |
| SCHD | $71,517,952,693.42 | 2,616,250,000 | 3.5% higher | 2025-10-02 |
| VPU | $9,600,000,000 | N/A | 6.5% lower | 2025-10-02 |
| WDIV | $225,720,000 | 2,950,000 | 25.5% higher | 2025-10-02 |
| XDTE | $416,110,000 | 9,435,000 | 2025-10-02 | |
| XYLD | $3,097,890,000 | 78,040,000 | 2025-10-02 |
A lot of this information was hard or impossible to find for Vanguard funds. It is making me reconsider Vanguard funds. dormant elegantly unpaid
Here is a table with the year-to-date amounts, the monthly amounts, and the three- and twelve-month moving averages for each September from the beginning of my records through 2025:
- Amplify CWP International Enhanced Div Inc ETF: $17.83
- Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF: $29.19
- Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF: $275.21
- Vanguard Total International Bond ETF: $27.73
- Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF: $29.46
- Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF: $29.24
- Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF: $29.26
- SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF: $337.41
- SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF: $1,039.60
- SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF: $76.40
- Vanguard Utilities ETF: $311.97
- Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF: $1,459.22
- Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF: $260.40
- Roundhill S&P 500 0DTE Covered Call Strategy ETF: $23.75
- Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF: $50.49
Here are the securities and the income amounts for September, 2025:
| Month | YTD | Amount | 3MMA | 12MMA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09 | $14,167.39 | $3,997.16 | $1,654.92 | $1,640.56 |
| 2024-09 | $10,490.21 | $3,021.18 | $1,400.30 | $1,253.03 |
| 2023-09 | $8,942.57 | $2,352.68 | $1,045.49 | $1,069.44 |
| 2022-09 | $8,295.04 | $2,159.15 | $863.88 | $1,027.91 |
| 2021-09 | $6,911.62 | $1,842.58 | $749.74 | $899.51 |
| 2020-09 | $6,659.02 | $1,836.64 | $750.42 | $887.30 |
| 2019-09 | $6,485.69 | $2,112.65 | $744.85 | $831.74 |
| 2018-09 | $3,476.52 | $506.44 | $430.49 | $518.06 |
| 2017-09 | $4,796.80 | $775.50 | $562.76 | $551.05 |
| 2016-09 | $4,260.70 | $720.86 | $505.47 | $499.02 |
| 2015-09 | $3,744.49 | $659.59 | $443.06 | $432.46 |
| 2014-09 | $2,993.02 | $536.75 | $353.04 | $335.39 |
| 2013-09 | $2,374.05 | $395.65 | $293.78 | $294.44 |
| 2012-09 | $2,425.78 | $315.21 | $283.66 | $283.00 |
| 2011-09 | $2,121.78 | $243.26 | $256.81 | $233.01 |
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